Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 866 people in Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld) of these 47.7% were male and 52.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld) was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.5% of the population.

Of people in Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld) aged 15 years and over, 55.9% were married and 10.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld) was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 57.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld) was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld) 32.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.0% were in primary school, 21.4% in secondary school and 17.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld) were English 30.2%, Australian 27.9%, Irish 13.1%, Scottish 8.9% and German 4.2%.

In Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld), 77.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.2%, New Zealand 3.3%, South Africa 1.4%, Papua New Guinea 0.6% and Canada 0.5%.

In Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld), 72.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld) were Catholic 27.0%, No Religion 23.6%, Anglican 19.9%, Uniting Church 6.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.6%.

In Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld) 90.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Spanish 0.6% and Hindi 0.6%.

Employment

There were 385 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld). Of these 55.6% were employed full time, 33.2% were employed part-time and 6.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld), 15.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld) was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld) included Professionals 28.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.0%, Managers 13.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.4%, Sales Workers 9.3%, Labourers 7.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.9%.

Of the employed people in Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.1%, Hospitals 4.1%, Allied Health Services 3.8% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld) was $632.

In Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.5%, Car, as passenger 5.5%, Train, car as driver 2.2%, Walked only 2.2% and Bicycle 1.1%. On the day, 3.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 75.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.3% provided care for children and 11.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.3% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld), 28.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld), 41.1% were couple families with children, 42.7% were couple families without children and 14.1% were one parent families.

In Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld) 34.3% of single parents were male and 65.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,944 and those without children was $1,666.

Employment status of couple families

In Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld), of couple families with children, 19.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 24.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld), 80.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld), 79.3% were separate houses, 15.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.9% were other dwellings.

In Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld), of occupied private dwellings 1.2% had 1 bedroom, 17.4% had 2 bedrooms and 42.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld), 43.3% were owned outright, 25.2% were owned with a mortgage and 27.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld), of all households, 73.8% were family households, 23.1% were single person households and 3.1% were group households.

In Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld), 22.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.9% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld), 35.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld), there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 66.7%) were male and 3 (or 33.3%) were female. The median age was 17 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Shelly Beach (Sunshine Coast - Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $400 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.